Fund Raising After a Merger: What It Takes to Succeed

Late one night in January last year, Audalee McLoughlin, a nonprofit chief executive, received a call she considered a godsend.

The other person on the line asked, “Are you interested in a merger?”

Ms. McLoughlin said yes without hesitation. “That’s exactly what I’m interested in.”

New Moms, the 28-year-old Chicago organization she heads, had been looking for a way to get jobs for troubled teenage mothers, and Bright Endeavors, a